Man1 - odbcinst.1
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NAME
odbcinst - An unixODBC tool for manipulating configuration files
SYNOPSIS
odbcinst ACTION OBJECT OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
odbcinst is a command line tool which has been created for allowing people who are developing the install scripts/RPMs for Drivers to be able to easily create/remove entries in odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini. This command line tool is a complement to the shared library of the same name (libodbcinst.so). This tool is a part of the odbcinst component of unixODBC.
OPTIONS
ACTIONS
- -i
- Install (add section to config file) new OBJECT.
- -u
- Uninstall (remove section from config file) existing OBJECT.
- -q
- Query the config files and print the options for specified OBJECT.
- -j
- Prints current configuration of unixODBC, listing (among others) the paths to the configuration files.
- -c
- Calls SQLCreateDataSource
- -m
- Calls SQLManageDataSources
- –version
- Prints program version and exits.
OBJECTS
- -d
- The ACTION affect drivers (and thus the odbcinst.ini configuration file).
- -s
- The ACTION affect data sources (and thus the user or system odbc.ini configuration file).
OPTIONS
- -f FILE
- The FILE is template file, describing the configuration of installed OBJECT (only valid for the -i ACTION).
- -r
- Same as the -f OPTION, only take the standard input as the template file.
- -n NAME
- Specifies the NAME of the OBJECT.
- -v
- Turn off verbose mode. This turns off all information, warning and error messages.
- -l
- The specified data source is system-wide. Has any effect only with the -s OBJECT.
- -h
- The specified data source is user-specific. Has any effect only with the -s OBJECT.
RETURN VALUES
This command returns zero on success and non-zero value on failure.
FILES
/etc/odbinst.ini
Configuration file containing all the database drivers specifications. See *odbcinst.ini*(5) for more details.
/etc/odbc.ini
System-wide data sources specifications. See *odbc.ini*(5) for more details.
$HOME.odbc.ini/
User-specific data sources specifications. See *odbc.ini*(5) for more details.
SEE ALSO
*odbcinst.ini*(5), *odbc.ini*(5)
AUTHORS
The authors of unixODBC are Peter Harvey </pharvey@codebydesign.com/> and Nick Gorham </nick@lurcher.org/>. For the full list of contributors see the AUTHORS file.
COPYRIGHT
unixODBC is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. For details about the license, see the COPYING file.